%0 Journal Article
%T Diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1 after resection of intercostal nerve neurofibroma
%A Borja Aguinagalde
%A Jon Zabaleta
%A Marta Fuentes
%A Nerea Bazterargui
%J Chest Disease Reports
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.4081/cdr.2012.e10
%X We report a case of a 37-year-old man with an asymptomatic extraparenchymal mass in the left hemithorax. Complete surgical removal of the tumour was achieved through a minithoracotomy and histological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of myxoid neurofibroma. Given this histological diagnosis, the patient was re-examined and many caf¨¦ au lait spots (more than 6, larger than 15 mm in diameter) and neurofibromas (elastic tissue) were observed and the patient was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis (NF) type 1 (von Recklinghausen¡¯s disease). We have found only eight case reports of neurogenic tumours originating from an intercostal nerve; only two of these corresponded to neurofibromas. Among these two patients, only one was a case of NF type 1 and, in contrast to our case, the diagnosis was reached prior to surgery. We present a very rare case of intercostal nerve neurofibroma leading to a definitive diagnosis of NF type 1.
%K neurofibromatosis
%K thoracic wall
%K pathology.
%U http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/chest/article/view/196